Took him (επιλαβομενος). Second aorist middle (indirect) participle of επιλαμβανω, common verb to lay hold of. Barnabas saw the si…

But Barnabas. (See the notes on Acts 4:36).

Barnabas was from Cyprus, not far from Tarsus, and it is not improbable that he had bee…

But Barnabas took him.—What, we ask, made Barnabas more ready than others, not only to receive the convert himself, but t…

Praise be to God for such a conversion as that of Saul of Tarsus!

Saul’s arrival at Jerusalem as a Christian was three years after his conversion (Galatians 1:18). Being persona non grata among his for…

When Barnabas had taken him. While the disciples fled so quickly from Paul, that was, perhaps, an instance of excessive fearfulness; and y…

But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles ,
&c.] To Peter and James, the brother of our Lord, for no ot…

When we enter into the way of God, we must expect trials; but the Lord knows how to deliver the godly, and will, with the temptation, also make…